

The classes and training practicums are taught primarily by the staff of the George Eastman House's motion picture department. Experts in the archival field from national and international institutions are scheduled to hold special seminars for students on a regular basis in order to cover the broad variety of topics in the program.
Motion Picture Department Staff

Jared Case, Head
of Cataloguing and Research Center
Jared is a native of Western New York, and has
studied at SUNY Cortland, SUNY Brockport and The L.
Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation (class
of 2002). He was hired as a Curatorial Assistant in
2002 and moved into cataloging in 2003. Jared's main
duties involve the maintenance and administration of
the cataloging database, TMS (The Museum System).

Lori Donnelly,
Film Programmer
Lori comes to Rochester after serving as associate
programmer for the American Film Institute (AFI)
Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in the
Washington, D.C., area. At the AFI, she programmed
film festivals including an annual Latin American
Film Festival and the European Union Film Showcase,
in addition to her regular work filling the AFI's
three screens nightly.
Donnelly previously worked at the Brattle Theatre
in Cambridge, MA, and the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. She was the head programmer for the Rhode
Island and Boston Asian-American Film Festivals and
a programming consultant at the Tribeca Film
Festival.

David Frassetto,
Curatorial Assistant—Digital Stills
David received his BA in Communication/Broadcasting
from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1998.
After graduation, David was employed by broadcast
news for six years as a video editor, as well as a
videographer, master control and studio camera
operator. He also worked with Crown Media for three
years in video quality assurance. A 2009 MFA
graduate from Visual Studies Workshop, SUNY
Brockport and his 2008 summer internship at George
Eastman House led to his current staff position.

Nancy Kauffman,
Stills Archivist
Nancy received her BA in English from Arizona State
University in 1987 and her Master's in Library
Science from Emporia State University in 2004. She
graduated from The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of
Film Preservation in 2005. She worked as a paralegal
in litigation and environmental law for 16 years in
Portland, Oregon. Nancy joined the Motion Picture
Department shortly after graduating from the
Selznick School as a Curatorial Assistant. In 2007
she was promoted to Stills Archivist.

Anthony L'Abbate,
Preservation Officer
Anthony is a 1999 graduate of The L. Jeffrey
Selznick School of Film Preservation, after
graduation he worked for two years at the Cinema
Arts Laboratory, in Angels, Pennsylvania, as their
contact printer. He returned to George Eastman House
in the fall of 2001 as the stills archivist. Since
March of 2007 he has worked in preservation.

Deborah Stoiber,
Vault Manager
Deborah is from Fresno, CA where she received her BA
in Economics from California State University,
Fresno. She graduated from The L. Jeffrey Selznick
School in 1998. After graduation, she spent time at
the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in
Cooperstown, NY working on their 16mm collection.
She was the Assistant Vault Manager, William K.
Everson Collection at GEH from 1998-2000 and has
been the Vault Manager of the Louis B. Mayer
Conservation Center since 2000.

Jeffrey Stoiber,
Assistant Curator, The L. Jeffrey School of Film
Preservation
Jeff has both his BA in Media Studies (1993) and his
Masters of Library Science (1997) from the State
University of New York at Buffalo, his hometown.
While completing his MLS he interned at both the
American Film Institute and the George Eastman
House. The Eastman House internship led to his
employment as the Administrator of the Selznick
School a position he's held since 1997.

Edward E. Stratmann,
Associate Curator, Preservation
Hired by James Card in 1974, Ed has worked for all
five Curators/Department heads of the Motion Picture
Department. He started as a Curatorial Assistant,
working with nitrate. Over the years he has been
Film Technician, Vault Manager, Projectionist, in
charge of the Study Center, and Assistant Curator.
He took over Preservation in 1988. Ed received The
AMIA Dan and Kathy Leab Award and The Pordenone
Preservation Award, both in 1998. He is a founding
member of AMIA and has served on the AMIA Board of
Directors, as Secretary. Ed has been a member of
SMPTE for over ten years and has been on the local
board of Managers three times.

Ben Tucker,
Collection Processing Technician
Ben Tucker was born and raised in Nitro, WV and
received a Film Studies degree from the University
of Pittsburgh. Following graduation he worked in
various positions at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and then
in the Film & Video Department at the Andy
Warhol Museum. In 2002 he moved to Rochester to
attend The L. Jeffery Selznick School of Film
Preservation and has been an employee of the Motion
Picture Department since graduation.

Daniel Wagner,
Preservation Officer
Dan is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from
The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation
in 2000. After graduation he spent 5 years as the
Safety Vault Manager at the Eastman House and is
currently the Preservation Officer in Charge of
Digital Initiatives.

Tim Wagner, Film
Technician & Coordinator of Shipping
Tim is from Buffalo, New York where he received his
BA in Media Production & Distribution from SUNY
Buffalo. He graduated in 2001 from The L. Jeffrey
Selznick School of Film Preservation. Tim has
experience working in film and video production
& post-production, theatrical projection,
broadcast television, distance learning, corporate
communications, archival projection and film
handling. He participated in archival staff
exchanges with the National Library of Norway and
the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
His passions include amusement parks, roller
coasters, movie theaters, and band organs.

Kyle Westphal,
Chief Projectionist
Kyle earned a bachelor's degree in Cinema and Media
Studies from the University of Chicago in 2007 and
graduated from the Selznick School in 2009. For four
years he served variously as treasurer,
projectionist, historian, and ultimately programming
chair for Chicago's Doc Films. He has also interned
or worked at the Bank of America Cinema, the
University of Chicago Film Studies Center, the
Little Theatre, Monaco Digital Film Lab, UCLA Film
& Television Archive, and the Pacific Film
Archive. His interests include avant-garde cinema,
early talkies, and the history of non-theatrical
distribution and exhibition. His program notes are
featured on Kino's "Avant-Garde 3" DVD box set,
which recently won a Film Heritage Award from the
National Society of Film Critics.

Caroline Yeager,
Assistant Curator, Administration
Caroline has been a staff member since 1998 when she
graduated from The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of
Film Preservation. She has 25 years of experience
working in performing arts, an MFA from Temple
University (1975), and a BS from SUNY Brockport
(1972). As Assistant Curator, MPD, she works on the
glamorous side of archiving: writing grants to
support the collections and developing exhibitions
for public access.
Past and Present Instructors
- Gary Albright (Photographic Conservation)
- Barry Allen (Film Archiving and Corporate Collections)
- Janice Allen (Laboratory Techniques)
- Kyle Alvut (Laboratory Techniques)
- Callie Angell (Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Preservation)
- Mary Lea Bandy (Curatorial Issues)
- Schawn Belston (Film Archiving and Corporate Collections)
- Jean-Louis Bigourdan (Image Permanence)
- Peter Bogdanovich (Film History)
- Neil Brand (Silent Film Accompaniment)
- Peter Brothers (Magnetic Tape Preservation)
- Harold Brown (Film Handling, Cleaning, and Repair)
- Kevin Brownlow (Independent Film Preservation)
- Philip C. Carli (Silent Film Accompaniment)
- Harold "Rusty" Casselton (Film Collecting)
- Paolo Cherchi Usai (Film Preservation, Curatorial Issues, Archive Management)
- James Cozart (Evaluation of Laboratory Work)
- Grover Crisp (Film Archiving and Corporate Collections)
- Susan E. Dalton (Cataloging)
- Gerard de Haan (Digital Film Restoration)
- Dennis Doros (Film and Video Distribution)
- Ray Edmondson (Archive Management, Philosophy of Film Preservation)
- Andy Eggers (Motion Picture Projection)
- Lois Eggers (Film Festival Management)
- John Erwin (Laboratory Techniques)
- Karen Latham Everson (Cataloging)
- David Francis (Curatorial Issues)
- Franziska Frey (Digital Imaging)
- Michael Friend (Digital Technologies in Film Preservation)
- Robert Gitt (History and Preservation of Color and Sound)
- Richard P. Goldberg (Color Film Preservation and New Color Technologies)
- Nancy Goldman (Cataloging)
- Peter Greenaway (Museography)
- Robert A. Harris (Restoration of Feature Films)
- Robert Heiber (Audio Preservation)
- Mark Henry (Digital Film Restoration)
- Werner Herzog (Filmmakers and Film Preservation)
- Jan-Christopher Horak (Film Archiving in Europe)
- Livio Jacob (Film Festivals)
- Clyde Jeavons (Film as a National Heritage, Archive Management, Curatorial Issues)
- Darryl Jones (Motion Picture Projection)
- Martin Koerber (Restoration Strategies)
- Richard Koszarski (Filmmuseums)
- Edith Kramer (Programming, Collections Access)
- Peter Kubelka (Philosophy of Film Preservation)
- Jeff Lambert (Fundraising, Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Preservation)
- Andy Lampert (Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Preservation)
- Ted Larson (Film Collecting)
- James Lindner (Magnetic Tape Preservation)
- Diana Little (Laboratory Techniques)
- Pat Loughney (Administration)
- Gregory Lukow (Administration)
- Mike Mashon (Acquisitions)
- Alan Masson (Laboratory Techniques)
- Nicola Mazzanti (Laboratory Techniques)
- Annette Melville (Fundraising)
- Charles Musser (Film Archives and Early Cinema)
- Douglas Nishimura (Image Permanence)
- Bob O'Neil (Film Archiving and Corporate Collections)
- Gerry Orlando (Film Collecting and Public Speaking)
- Enno Patalas (Film Restoration)
- David Pierce (Copyright Issues)
- Rick Prelinger (Preservation of Ephemeral Films)
- John Pytlak (Motion Picture Projection)
- Paul Read (Digital Laboratory Techniques)
- James Reilly (Image Permanence)
- Eddie Richmond (Curatorial Issues)
- David Robinson (Film Festivals)
- Robert Rosen (Curatorial Issues)
- Patricia Russotti (Digital Image Manipulation)
- Henning Schou (Film Chemistry, Hands-on Training)
- Eric Schwartz (Intellectual Property)
- Karan Sheldon (Regional Film Archives)
- Scott Simmon (Film History)
- Patrick Stanbury (Independent Film Preservation)
- Bill Storm (Audio Preservation)
- Dwight Swanson (Regional Film Archives)
- Olwen Terris (Cataloging)
- Kristin Thompson (Researching in a Film Archive)
- Yuri Tsivian (Film Historiography)
- Juan Vrijs (Laboratory Techniques)
- David Weiss (Regional Film Archives)
- James Wheeler (Videotape Preservation)
- James Young (Audio Preservation)
- Rollie Zavada (Small Gauge Film)

















